Portable stock-fence.



I. E. CHAMBUSS PORTABLE STGCK FENCE.

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1 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISRAEL E. GHAMBLIss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, haveinvented a new and. useful Portable Stock-Fence, of which the followingis a specification.

The subject of this invention is a portable stock fence, and the mainobject of the invention is the production of a fence which may bereadily moved from place to place as occasion may demand and sopermitting the stock to graze on new pasturage.

A further object within the contemplation of the invention is theprovision of a fence constructed of detachablepanels.

The invention also has within its objects the provision of means forsecuring w1re to the fence.

The provision of adjustable panels for closing the lower portion of thefence 1s another object within the contemplation of the invention.

The invention also contemplates the provision of means for fastening thepanels together.

. within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spiritof the invention.

A practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a fragmentary view in elevation of a fenceconstructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Flg. 1, parts removed;

Fig. 3 is a section on the hue 3'3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan new of the wheel supporting frame andpintle;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view in plan of the corner construction.

Referring to the drawings by numerals of reference 2- In carrying outthe invention detachable Specification of LettersPatent.

Iatentecl Feb. 4 1919.

Application filed. March 4, 1918. Serial .No. 220,241.

panels are provided and each panel is composed of end uprights 1 whichare preferably formed of angle-iron and which are provided with shortlongitudinal slots for the reception of studs 3 which are affixed tobars 4 and threaded to receive wing .nuts 5 for the purpose of clampingthe bars in adjusted'positions on the uprights 1.

The upper ends of the uprights 1 are connected by a longitudinal .bar 6,which is preferably an angle bar, and which is riveted or otherwisesecured to the uprights. The lower ends of the uprights are connected bythe vertically spaced, parallel, longitudinal bars 7, which bars areriveted or otherwise-suitably connected to the uprights.

Secured to the lower end of that upright 1 at the right hand end of eachpanel is an outwardly, or laterally extending frame or bracket 8 whichis apertured to receive a pintle 9 upon which turns a yoke 10 forming asupport for the wheel or roller 11. These wheels support the fence andaid in the transportation thereof when the fence is being moved fromplace to place.

The bars 4 are provided with notches 12 in which strands of wire 13 maybe gripped. The wire herein shown connected to the bars 4 being barbedwire.

The uprights 1 and the longitudinal bars 6 and 7 have their opposededges apertured to form an attachment for the woven wire 14.

Longitudinal bars 15 may be provided and arranged parallel with andspaced in wardly from the bars 7, and these bars and the bars 7 areprovided with spaced, alining apertures 16 adapted to receive pins 17which extend through such apertures and apertures 18 formed in theadjustable panels 19, which panels are slidable verticall between thebars 7 and 15 and may be lowered to prevent small stock from passingbeneath the fence.

The panels of the fence are connected together by spanner links or pins20, the angled ends of which enter apertures formed in the longitudinalbars of-the panel, and which link is held in place by an overlying clip21. One end of the clip 21 is secured to the end of one panel byriveting or otherwise, while the other end is detachably secured to theadjacent panel by the collars or rings 22 which encircle and areslidable on the longitudinal bars 6 or 7 The panels of the fence may besecured together in any suitable manner at the cor- 11ers. As hereinshown an angle brace engages the outer faces of the longitudinal bars ofabutting panels, as indicated at 23, and this brace and an interiorbrace 24:, in the form of a split triangle, are secured to the bars 6and 7 by means of bolts 25 and rings or collars 26 or in any othersuitable manner.

The bars 4 are slidable through slots 4 formed in the horizontal flangeof the bars 6 and are adjustable to regulate the height of the fence.

' Brace rods 27 are pivotally secured at intervals to the bars 6 for thepurpose of anchoring the fence in any desired position.

When the stock restrained with the in-. closure have cropped the grassfrom the soil draft animals may be hitched to the fence and the sametransported to another location.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and soughtby Letters Patent, is A 1. A portable fence, including detachablepanels, said panels having apertures, a link adapted to enter theapertures of adjoining the apertures, a clip adapted to overlie the linkto retain the same in place, and means for securing the clip to thepanels. V

3. A portable fence, including detachable panels, said panels havingapertures, a link provided with bent ends adapted to enter theapertures, a clip pivotally secured at one end to a panel and swingableto overlie the link and retain the same in place, and means for securingthe clip in place.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ISRAEL E. CHAMBLISS.

Witnesses:

FRANK KnMP'roN, L. B. THOMPSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Wilmington, D. 0.

panels, and means for securing the link in place.

